A cross-section of articles we've read this week about HIV/AIDS, STIs and a wide cross-sectiond of structural and systemic factors impacting HIV/AIDS in Black communities.
Prevention
Condoms Should be More Available to Teens, Doctors Say
Although teenagers should be encouraged to abstain from sex, they should also have access to cheap condoms, pedestrians said Monday.
Rapid-results AIDs Tests Render Pre-Test Counseling Redundant
AIDs testing and treatments have progressed to such an extent that researchers from Miami question whether the resources devoted to pre-test counseling would be better spent linking newly diagnosed people with the treatments they need.
Science
Baby's HIV 'Cure Not a Fluke,' US Researchers Say
Washington (AFP) - A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke, US researchers said.
Curing HIV/AIDS Gets Tougher: Far More 'Hidden' Active Virus Than Thought
Oct. 24, 2013 - Just when some scientists were becoming more hopeful about finding a strategy to outwit HIV's ability to resist, evade and otherwise survive efforts to rid it from the body, another hurdle has emerged to foil their plans, new research from Johns Hopkins shows.
No Increased Risk for Heart Attacks Among HIV-Positive Patients With High CD4 Cell Count
Oct. 24, 2013 - Patients who are HIV-positive and have high CD4 cell counts -- or have a high number of white blood cells that fight infections -- aren't at an increased risk for heart attacks compared to patients who are HIV-negative, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
Miscellaneous
Health Sites Woes Could Dissuade Vital Enrollee: the Young and Healthy
WASHINGTON - Sean Jackson, like tens of thousands of other Americans, has had trouble signing up for medical coverage using the HealthCare.gov insurance marketplace, despite several attempts.
How the ACA Will Affect People with HIV and AIDS
The Affordable Care Act will broaden health care coverage for many of the 1.1 million Americans infected with HIV, especially those who live in the 25 states and the District of Columbia that have opted to expand Medicaid. In those states, the larger Medicaid programs will cover about 60% of the mostly uninsured patients currently receiving help from federal-state HIV programs.
NAPWA Bankruptcy Case Reopened for Trademark Sale
In a little-noticed development, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Maryland last month agreed to reopen the Chapter 7 bankruptcy case of the National Association of People With AIDS three months after the court closed the case and ruled more than $750,000 owed to creditors could not be paid.
Obama Admin. Knew Millions Could Not Keep Their Health Insurance
President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.
Reid Pledges Vote on Bill to Protect Gay Transgender Employment Rights
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that the Senate will vote on a bill to expand gay rights in the workplace before the Thanksgiving holiday.
Sebelius Takes Responsibility for Website 'Debacle'
WASHINGTON -- Defending President Barack Obama's much-maligned health care law in Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was confronted Wednesday with a government memo that raised security concerns about the website consumers are using to enroll.
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